A teenager will appear in court next week, charged over a fatal crash in Kumeū in late June.
Police have been investigating the single vehicle crash that occurred on Coatesville-Riverhead Highway at 8.20pm on 27 June.
The vehicle had failed to stop for Police a short time earlier.
Sixteen-year-old Elliot New, a passenger in the vehicle, was critically injured and died in hospital on 1 July.
Waitematā District Commander Superintendent Naila Hassan says Police interviewed the alleged driver of the vehicle today.
“Investigators subsequently charged an 18-year-old man with a range of offences, and he will appear in the North Shore District Court on 20 August.”
Those charges include:
- One count of driver in charge of a vehicle whilst under the influence of drugs where death has resulted
- Two counts of driver in charge of a vehicle whilst under the influence of drugs where injury has resulted
- One count of dangerous driving causing death
- Two counts of dangerous driving causing injury
- One count of failing to stop for flashing red and blue lights
Superintendent Hassan says Police enquiries into the incident remain ongoing, and further charges may result from these enquiries.
“A critical incident investigation also remains ongoing, as well as enquiries by the IPCA.
“We are continuing to support our people through the process, as well as to the families that have been impacted by the tragic events that Friday night.”
Police are limited in further comment as the matter is now before the courts.
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